...kita bangkerap as a nation..how?
Segala petanda semua dah ada:
1. PM kita mengelilau cari duit nak bayar hutang.Kata Idris Jala some years ago, kita akan muflis in 2019 if hutang cecah RM1 trillion. A dream gone wrong...hendakkan status developed country 2020, muflis in 2019.Manalah Tun M tak menggelabah but AI did warn..mega projects dia akan bawak bala di kemudian hari.But according to inside sources, projek2 ini dibayar mengikut schedule - tak jadi masalah.Tapi sikap boros Tun tu yang jadi ikutan PM sekarang.Spend, spend spend tak ingat hari depan.
2.Kita semua mengalami tekanan inflasi ..what with GST ni.Duit RM50 tak jadi apa sangat dah.Beli minyak kereta ..tak sampai seminggu dah kering tangki.
3.Dalam pada kering2 tu, kita masih berfoya-foya..beli jet, beli macam-macam..pi holiday overseas lagi..tapi it's a Catch 22 thingy..tak spend karang tak jana ekonomi pulak kan? Kerja keras macam nak mati..takkan nak jadi macam orang Jepun? Mana duduk, situ le tertidur tersenggut-senggut keletihan.
4. Tadi I heard on BFM depa discussed pasal biofuel dari kelapa sawit (kot nanti kita semua kena paksa pakai minyak sawit ni.BMW dah awal2 cakap rosak engine mereka kalau pakai minyak sawit ni.Tak sesuai)..konon nak jaga environment (compared dgn fuel sekarang) tapi betul juga kata broadcaster tu...tanam sawit tu anti-environment..kita hancurkan hutan yang biodiverse utk kelapa
sawit yang akarnya pun tak cukup kuat utk cengkam bumi.Hutan dah habis kena tarah. Mana mau lari, bai?
5. Yes, mana mau lari? Bumi yang sama.Sakit sana.Sakit sini.If you look at earthquake stats..sehari ada 82 quakes.Tengok sini http://earthquaketrack.com/recent
6. Akhir kalam...sediakan rumah akhirat kita.This Ramadan - give our best!
Part 2
Something funny happened this year.Mcm biasa, I got invited to the July 4 celebration by the US
Embassy (gamaknya atas capacity Fulbright la tu). Tahun ni depa celebrate awal sebab menghormati Ramadan (July 4 dlm bulan puasa.Sweet, kan?).Nik was once invited atas capacity dialah but we didn't go that year.This year I tanya if he's on the list cos' I thought I saw satu jemputan with spouse.Kedutaan said no.It's just me.I suruh chk sekali lagi.Jawabannya I sorang.Nik pun malas pi function2 mcm ni.So oklah.Then dua tiga hari lepas Kedutaan kata depa issued another invitation...dgn nama Nik.Weii...baik juga ya?Mmg takda sapa bawak spouse..even Tok Pa who came on behalf of Msian government.Syukur alhamdulillah..I don't feel safe driving malam2. I sebenarnya dah nak kensel tak jadi datang cos' malas nak pi sorang.Malas nak bersosial-sosial. :D Nasib Nik came.Dia yang bersosial lebih.Haha.I bumped into two other Fulbrighters (yg lain tak nampak)- Dato' Gendeh, pakar ENT and zoologist friend kita tu.Kita sosek-sosek pasal exchange rate, politik semasa.Bumped into Nurul Izzah at the surau.Salam2.She knows Nik and Z well but she does not know me.Tapi tetap mesra bila jumpa.While waiting for our car, bumped into her again.Told Nik.Nik went over to say Hi, then she saw me and asked is she your wife? Nik said yes.And she went (ini kena blog...haha), "MasyaAllah, she's so pretty! Best kept secret ya?" Keh keh..secret ke hapa...
Duta US ke Msia ni Korean-American. Cuisine tahun ni sgt bebas..he said celebrating diversity..makanan Arab, Latin, Cina...roast dia yg sedap dah takda.Someone said tak sesedap last year.I pun fikir sama but org Kedutaan said budget tak potong.Inflasi bang.Orang dah kasi makan free, say thank you la ya.Syukur, Malaysia masih aman.
Melihat siapa yang datang, I rasa gusar. Adakah saya sudah tersenarai? :))
Segala petanda semua dah ada:
1. PM kita mengelilau cari duit nak bayar hutang.Kata Idris Jala some years ago, kita akan muflis in 2019 if hutang cecah RM1 trillion. A dream gone wrong...hendakkan status developed country 2020, muflis in 2019.Manalah Tun M tak menggelabah but AI did warn..mega projects dia akan bawak bala di kemudian hari.But according to inside sources, projek2 ini dibayar mengikut schedule - tak jadi masalah.Tapi sikap boros Tun tu yang jadi ikutan PM sekarang.Spend, spend spend tak ingat hari depan.
2.Kita semua mengalami tekanan inflasi ..what with GST ni.Duit RM50 tak jadi apa sangat dah.Beli minyak kereta ..tak sampai seminggu dah kering tangki.
3.Dalam pada kering2 tu, kita masih berfoya-foya..beli jet, beli macam-macam..pi holiday overseas lagi..tapi it's a Catch 22 thingy..tak spend karang tak jana ekonomi pulak kan? Kerja keras macam nak mati..takkan nak jadi macam orang Jepun? Mana duduk, situ le tertidur tersenggut-senggut keletihan.
4. Tadi I heard on BFM depa discussed pasal biofuel dari kelapa sawit (kot nanti kita semua kena paksa pakai minyak sawit ni.BMW dah awal2 cakap rosak engine mereka kalau pakai minyak sawit ni.Tak sesuai)..konon nak jaga environment (compared dgn fuel sekarang) tapi betul juga kata broadcaster tu...tanam sawit tu anti-environment..kita hancurkan hutan yang biodiverse utk kelapa
sawit yang akarnya pun tak cukup kuat utk cengkam bumi.Hutan dah habis kena tarah. Mana mau lari, bai?
5. Yes, mana mau lari? Bumi yang sama.Sakit sana.Sakit sini.If you look at earthquake stats..sehari ada 82 quakes.Tengok sini http://earthquaketrack.com/recent
6. Akhir kalam...sediakan rumah akhirat kita.This Ramadan - give our best!
Part 2
Something funny happened this year.Mcm biasa, I got invited to the July 4 celebration by the US
Embassy (gamaknya atas capacity Fulbright la tu). Tahun ni depa celebrate awal sebab menghormati Ramadan (July 4 dlm bulan puasa.Sweet, kan?).Nik was once invited atas capacity dialah but we didn't go that year.This year I tanya if he's on the list cos' I thought I saw satu jemputan with spouse.Kedutaan said no.It's just me.I suruh chk sekali lagi.Jawabannya I sorang.Nik pun malas pi function2 mcm ni.So oklah.Then dua tiga hari lepas Kedutaan kata depa issued another invitation...dgn nama Nik.Weii...baik juga ya?Mmg takda sapa bawak spouse..even Tok Pa who came on behalf of Msian government.Syukur alhamdulillah..I don't feel safe driving malam2. I sebenarnya dah nak kensel tak jadi datang cos' malas nak pi sorang.Malas nak bersosial-sosial. :D Nasib Nik came.Dia yang bersosial lebih.Haha.I bumped into two other Fulbrighters (yg lain tak nampak)- Dato' Gendeh, pakar ENT and zoologist friend kita tu.Kita sosek-sosek pasal exchange rate, politik semasa.Bumped into Nurul Izzah at the surau.Salam2.She knows Nik and Z well but she does not know me.Tapi tetap mesra bila jumpa.While waiting for our car, bumped into her again.Told Nik.Nik went over to say Hi, then she saw me and asked is she your wife? Nik said yes.And she went (ini kena blog...haha), "MasyaAllah, she's so pretty! Best kept secret ya?" Keh keh..secret ke hapa...
Duta US ke Msia ni Korean-American. Cuisine tahun ni sgt bebas..he said celebrating diversity..makanan Arab, Latin, Cina...roast dia yg sedap dah takda.Someone said tak sesedap last year.I pun fikir sama but org Kedutaan said budget tak potong.Inflasi bang.Orang dah kasi makan free, say thank you la ya.Syukur, Malaysia masih aman.
Melihat siapa yang datang, I rasa gusar. Adakah saya sudah tersenarai? :))
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| Lobby JW Marriott |
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| Tok Pa doing the toast on behalf of Msian government |
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| Cocktails before dinner |
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| The toasts and exchange of national anthems |
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| US Ambassador |
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| US Navy band, The Orient Express, based in Japan |
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| Tak kenal but berebut nak ambik gambar kat sini |
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| Never this close. :D |
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| The card |
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